New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-17
FITZ JAMES IN THE AUGUST.
ARRIVING FINISH WITH SPECIALITY.
CARRYING 100 POUNDS IN FINE srYLE-LAGdARD !
WINS THE DELAWARE.

not Garrison take the mount 1t is true that lie had
sore finger aud could not quite make the weight
pounds-but his sore finger did not prevent his riding
Fitz James with triumphant energy In the August
Stakes and surely Rogers could afford to put little
overweight Mona for the sake Of the services of his
first Jockey. Mona was the favorie but in last
though atei ed her hackers by showing the way or
hall mile Mr.. scotts uncertain hlly Flaeeoietta uu-
expeetedly won, with BRAT, ridden by Mclaughlin
second. Kemp,on, big handsome twoyear-oiu' ny
Enquirer Bonnie Meade. from Captain Browns s'aoie run
in the race with the crushing weight ror twoyearou
comnetnO with old horses) OF 100 pounds including i've
pounds overweight It was in the paddock tnat Kemp
ton had beaten Mona at mile In cahler "i'n soo VII
while the mare her racing plates ferhaps nis is So
ANYWAY the strapping yearod made the mare LOOK
like a mean little pony high did he tower over her'
Kempon showed speed and was IN the 'front.' rank ae Tue
bead of the hopestrech but his weight stopped him In
the last quarter IL queer policy To expose MS FORM
I'm such race He announced start In the junior
Champion and Trainer Rogers was highly conhdent
until it was covered that Kenpton had been declared
out last January kenpton Is twoyearold 10 10
treated with respect
And so is j. o. Donners Darlington son OF lroquois
and souette Ten days ago he nearly coughing his
head off, and in the Junior. Champion hrSt RACINE
was green and raw clumsy and awkward He is a SLOW
beginner and got of too well yesterday put he ran
up rapidly and the mead of the leader the FAVOR
lite Speciality ridden by Mclaughlin as they swung down
the lower turn. Lack of condition told in the home-
stretch and he fell back doubt the race did him
good and If he has smart jockey up he should win
handsome prize Ftz James is also slow begih-
ner and had good deal of ground 10 make up but uar
rison was patient aud timed his run welt AT the head
of the homesrech it seemed unlikely that Fitz James
wOad catch Specially who appeared to be running wei
in hand when Garrison called Oh the colt nc re-
sponded bravey and gained at every stride specially
however stuck to 1t stoutly under McLaughIihs de-
termined riding an the finish was close and hard fi@
James won by a head, Speciality second nearly two
lengths before SATAN fast III the homcslIeich
Green Morris, the Dryers and their friends thouSnC
the race almost thing for Specially pt as the!
protected their bets 10 WIN Win PiaVe pss my ,
nothing and the bOoknaKers were forced I" pay out
large suns. The Higgins Thought Well OI fIt% jams
csnces hut did not lcOk the victory certainly
because they we're a little doubtful al the colts abIV
ana elegant lie was bred by J. e. Haydn. and there,
fore California turf'uan was especially rond ah1
iIcctra and though light feeder is now in fine Iee
Eys PS not f' s6o Ss Fz ae form as
extremely unlucKy III every part OF hat race anI
enough but there was nothing boast i'll his running
He is light behind AMI a little uncertain. ..,..
iItL James aud kngtsh would make magnificent
match saw for S25 900 side Both the Dryers and the
Haggins like great matches Here's their olpoIi
The Haggn stable won the August stakes last year
with Milton his stable conpaDon santa Rita RAINING
second. - - $1,000, ,u, =, ,h. no,o
ware Handicap kept great many from rlsking my
money the chances OF the only cQ4neIor ol hahoIor
for Church's riding OF Milton and trrnA on saturday,
when he lost enormous quantity OF ground al every
turn, something wild ana weird u LagtaIL nsd
been ridden by popular jockey ne Woulu nave oeeu
backed heavily for bis running hds Oeeh consistent ana
far all this year He has not the sPesa OF @ op
not of re lily high class. Rupert was the iavoIe anu
wird lronped out OF the contest Rupert most dii
cult horse train and it seems impossible To get MN
the start took first place the backstrelch AMI then
none of them could catch him. though CAnIch almost
stoppe the colt by letting his head aud whipping him
at The finish there was no peed kaloOia' romeo
and Long Knight all made bold bids for the race III tho
last furl0ng and extremely close bet Seen these
three for second place The Judges gave TO Ponuco
ana placed Long Knight third but TO many IN the press
up just under the judges noses got the place by
head. Pontiac was in tue middle OF me track whie
Monopoe could never get near the front Ihe weight
stopped him effectually, nor could Old Barnuln VINO
went 10 the post absolutely frieness with the betting
20 10 against hr@. Edrus suked all the way-wOIse
than ia any previous race this yearand would not try
yard and Garrison who rode hlh for the first tine
could do nothing vita him. +,
Eollan and elVdere first and second choices In
Lee third. stonebuck led for half mile ana then gave
Donohue had made his run earlier lie could have beaten
fgs sier SUNDAY SH Won the selling race easily Vita
Talon second spelman backed his horse strathspey
and felt confident. Mclaughlin rode Stratbspey under
pull to final quarter hut when lie called on bin the
horse sulked and would not run.
Referee strong faVOrite In the hurdle race fut
could get second place only, Bassanl0 Winning WIN
last hurdle the would have been closer. The stun
bier third, only head behind Referee
ivev not An excellent attendance Including many
ladies In light and dnn.y gowns, gaencd the hearts Of
shoulders the fabric of M0nmOu;h's prosperity. and
made their able and amable chef OF stan. Adlntan,-
General f. NJ. Croft, beam with satisfaction. Captain
Coster pensve look and seemed to be tryn 10
puzzle the question whether ne should put three or
ive pounds more Eoan when lie was entered for his
next handicap EOlian has now won four handleaps IN
succession al 100, 49, ll5 aud lis pounds car ain
Cosier raising him gentle and easy three pounds at
stage. Owners Of other horses think the Captain
Mrs Langtry was present for the third time, arrayed
Ike the Queen Of sheba who as is well known ousaone
6andsone fortune by WI investments races
acting through an uncomnonly actl'e sagaclous and
MI Gebhard in personal beauty Mr. Gebnard was pres
emit hut preferred the cool and airy piazza OF the club
house 10 the Sded aud heated betting ring.
Carul observers of Mccarthys riding OF Mona will not
think much of that mares chances hereafter when she Is
On the whole It was a profitable day for the profess
sonal layers OF odds losing one for the amateur
takers The public sadly feeced by Mona. but we'll
treated by tz James. great deal OF money was lost
backers or Laggard were few. Eolian and Bel Sidere
were public beneactoro but Gonfaon and Stratnspey
IN selling and Referee In the hurdle race hesped
up the bovkmakers winnings as the place odds against
Gonfaon and Referee bad that few bets 10 win
Green Morris aid many If his friends look Speciality
rs the two-year-od hy in America They are mis-
tsken for both Los Angeles and satisfaction are better
FIRST RAcE-HlSiICAP swEEPsIAKEs, S25 EACH, $3.50
ADDED. SEVEN FUKLONGs.
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III. Mona, los. MCCARTHY
Betung to win Mon. j BAT stol sps!ans to /.
Flsgcaetia 10 Cambyscs 10 to Kempton ~ 10 Ban
l2 to ]. kosarium 80 to J..
for plsce-MoDa to g. Brat 10 ). Spadng TO
FlageOetta TO l. Cambyses 4t0l KemptOn TO ]. Ban.
ner Bearer to /. Rosarum 10 To-
Faust withdrawn fhe horses started IN the chute
Brait Spaldlng
Mona front terms. Cambyses and Kemplon
the In the TO tho quarter Rosarum drew out
AID Tapped 10 tie Mona made The pace the hall
flageOetta moved aud gaming the lead showed tho
lone winning easily neck, Brat second
len gths before Spang third kemDon made spurt
the danger but the weight killei
hun sbouinaby rere2tng ANONYMOUSLY at the
McLaughlins Efforts close with Flag
eol- espersts but Intellectual
SECOND RACE-AUGUsT STAKES. TwO-YEAK-OLDs
500 EACH 100 ADDED. SPECIAL WEIGHTS SIX
FURLoNGs
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